Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/08/2003

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Ordinance No. 00-01 An Ordinance relating to the operation of certain aircraft within the airspace over the City of Ham Lake, Minnesota, amending Article 9 of the Ham Lake City Code; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAM LAKE, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS: There is hereby added to the Ham Lake City Code an addition to the Definitions section of Article 9, to be labeled as Article 9-130.34: 9-130.34 Regulated Aircraft Regulated Aircraft include all aircraft which are regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration or the Minnesota Department of Aeronautics, and which require an operator licensed by one of those two bodies in order to legally operate in the airspace in the State of Minnesota. There is hereby added to the Ham Lake City Code an Article 9-470, to read as follows: 9-470 Operation of Regulated Aircraft It shall be unlawful for any person operating a Regulated Aircraft to take off from or land u_pon any land in the City of Ham Lake except as provided herein. 9-470.1 R-l; R-M; R-2; ML PUD; PUD; RS-1 and RS-2 Zoning Districts Regulated Aircraft are prohibited from landing or taking off in the R- 1, R-2, R-M, ML-PUD, PUD, RS-l, and RS-2 zoning districts, and such lands are not eligible to allow such activity by conditional use permit, provided, that if such activity is proposed in a portion of a PUD or ML- PUD zoning district which is located on a contiguous parcel of land of twenty or more acres in size, the usage may occur by conditional use permit or temporary conditional use permit under the same conditions as are imposed'by Article 9-470.3. 9-470.2 R-A and C-A Zoning Districts Regulated Aircraft may land or take off in the R-A ~ Zoning Districts only if the following conditions are met: a) The operator has the permission of the landowner; b) At no time may any Regulated Aircraft pass, either in flight or while taxiing, within 500 feet of any occupied building, excepting a single building used exclusively for storage of the Regulated Aircraft;